Nearly half of the people who play games now are women, but the community is so vile at times that many are forced to hide their gender for fear of receiving a flood of nasty message in their inbox.
Another group plans to take its message to the streets with a campaign to flood Kabul with posters, stickers and leaflets in support of the Afghan army.
The Environment Agency automatic flood warnings service sends an automated telephone message directly to householders if flooding from rivers or the sea is expected to affect their property.
Currently more than 1.1m people are signed up to receive the flood warnings which can be sent by email, text, or a message to a landline or mobile phone.
The key message from the workshop included the need to link climate change and variability responses to develop necessary flood forecasting and management capacity in Pakistan.
Recently, for example, opposition candidates say it took advantage of a flood in Chalco, a huge shantytown near Mexico city, to mix the party message with government aid.